Although Nature Positive (NP) is a well-defined goal, clarity is needed on pathways to operationalise the concept across an economy. We provide a definition of the ‘Nature-Positive Economy’ co-created with stakeholders, identify five key challenges, and suggest ways forward. Deepening our understanding of a NP-aligned economy that reduces nature-negative impacts, increases nature-positive actions, and enacts transformative change is needed for an economic system that helps achieve the Global Biodiversity Framework.

Scientific Data - Human neuron activity during an 83-minute movie from 2,286 neurons and 29 patients

Mitotic centrosome maturation requires Polo/PLK1-dependent expansion of the pericentriolar material (PCM). In Drosophila, Centrosomin (Cnn) assembles a scaffold around mitotic centrioles through interactions between its PReM and CM2 domains. Here, we show that PReM adopts an autoinhibited helical ha...

Across 810 conversations, an evaluation framework finds that AI chatbots often amplify simulated users’ psychological vulnerabilities, revealing persistent safety risks in mental health contexts.

A small number of corporations exert outsized influence over global production systems and biodiversity outcomes. Hawkins et al. find that although most of these keystone corporations report biodiversity commitments, only a small minority disclose sufficiently clear and measurable targets to enable...

Lactams are cyclic amide building blocks of fundamental importance within synthetic chemistry and drug discovery. Despite their ubiquity, general and convenient methods to interconvert between ring sizes are scarce. Herein, we disclose a new and general strategy enabling the direct dehomologation of...

Wadham undergraduate student, Kayla, shows us around Wadham College...

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What does it mean for a child to flourish in a digital age?

What does it mean for a child to flourish in a digital age?

The children’s author answers questions from readers, friends and writers on losing his son Eddie, surviving Covid, who he’d invite to his perfect birthday dinner and where he goes for inspiration

Chris talks about receiving, with his wife Denise, a richly merited British Citizen Award

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) contribute to 75% of mental illness cases in the UK before age 24, yet their emotional impacts are rarely explored through ...

In this Perspective, the authors discuss chatbot interactions, highlighting potential risks of emotional dependence and mental health impacts, necessitating coordinated public health responses.

The South Aral Seabed is an extreme dryland ecosystem undergoing rapid transformation yet remains misrepresented or absent in global land cover datase…

The Society of Authors’ and the Goethe-Institut Londons’ biennial Goethe-Institut Award for New Translation. The Goethe-Institut Award for New Translation was founded in 2010 and is presented by the Society of Authors and the...

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